HackingEducationEducationTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Michigan State University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 13, 2016

Filed

Nov 21, 2016

To disclose

8 days

Affected

460state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

62%

Full breach record for Michigan State University →4 incidents on file

Michigan State University notified affected individuals that on November 13, 2016, a cyberattack resulted in unauthorized access to a database containing employee and student records. Compromised data included names, SSNs, and IDs. The database was taken offline immediately, and 24 months of identity protection were offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 days

Nov 13, 2016

Begins

Nov 13, 2016

Discovered

Nov 21, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_d21d343df83507152016-11-22 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_6a26001a1e6948922016-11-18 · +3dCandidate
South Carolina State AGbd_df6b2bd59bf55bdf2016-11-28 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_8a27d24911b87d9e2016-11-29 · +8dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_4f9871974588b2382016-11-30 · +9dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_acba0a16473f2e042016-12-09 · +18dVerified

Name: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Federal Credit Union
norm: michigan state university federal credit union
Domain: msu.edu

Name: Michigan State University
norm: michigan state university
Domain: msu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 13, 2016
Breach occurred: Nov 13, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 13, 2016
Affected individuals: 460state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: MSU Police Department is working diligently with federal law enforcement partners to investigate the incident

During the incident: The affected database was immediately taken offline
MSU Police Department is working diligently with federal law enforcement partners to investigate the incident
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Accelerating implementation of our existing plan for security upgrades
Work with national experts to identify best practices to improve our overall security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGNov 18 · first

Montana State AG+3d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+10d

California State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+12d

Oregon State AG+21d

Pattern: first filing Nov 18 (WA), last Dec 9 (OR) — a 21-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Michigan-State-University.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 21, 2016
Raw hash: a61a043402fbf5a78349088199b4bd5700606b6b0477ed3a07b45fb633cab2d4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Federal Credit Union

Victim entityMichigan State University

Incidentdiscovered Nov 13, 2016

Stated responseThe affected database was immediately taken offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov